1995 "Congo" premieres in USA
1979 Congo adopts constitution
1970 Nationalists disrupt United Nations session on Congo
1970 Marxist government takes over in Congo
1969 Congo president Mobutu visits Belgium
1969 Moise K Tsjombe, premier Congo/Zaire, dies
1969 Joseph Kasavubu, president Congo (1960-65), dies at about 55
1967 Belgian embassy in Kinshasa, Congo, plundered
1967 Congo uprising under Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme
1967 Congo sentences ex-premier Moise Tsjombe to death
1966 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire)
1966 Leopoldville Congo is renamed Kinshasa
1965 Congo milt coup under Gen Mobutu, President Kasavubu overthrown
1964 Congo rebel leader Christopher Gbenye holds 60 Americans/800 Belgians
1964 Congo rebellion: Christopher Gbenye/Pierre Mulele conquer Stanleyville
1964 Moise Tsjombe becomes premier of Congo
1964 Last United Nations troops leave Congo
1964 Moise Tsjombe forms government in Congo
1962 Katanga becomes part of Democratic Republic of Congo
1961 Belgium and Congo resume diplomatic relations
1961 Dag Hammarskjold, United Nations Secretary General, dies in an air crash over Congo at 56
1961 Battles between United Nations and Katanga troops in Congo
1961 Cyrille Adula becomes premier of Congo
1961 Moise Tsjombe freed from prison in Congo
1961 Premier Moise Tsjombe of Katanga arrested in Congo
1961 Patrice Lumumba, 1st premier Congo, murdered at 34
1961 Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo
1961 Eisenhower allegedly orders assassination of Congo's Lumumba
1960 Patrice Lumumba caught in the Congo
1960 Patrice Lumumba flees Leopoldville Congo
1960 Coup under Col Joseph-Desire Mobutu in Congo
1960 President Kasavubu fires premier Lumumba of Congo
1960 Republic of Congo (Zaire, Dem Rep of Congo) forms
1960 Congo (formerly Congo/Brazzaville) declares Independence from France
1960 1st United Nations troops reach Congo
1960 Congo, Chad and Central African Republic declare independence
1960 Belgium sends troops to Congo
1960 Zaire (formerly Belgian Congo) declares independence from Belgium
1960 Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo
1959 Patrice Lumumba arrested in Belgian Congo
1959 King Boudouin promises Belgian Congo independence
1958 Congo and Mauritania become autonomous members of French Community
1956 Maurice Lippens, Belgian governor of Congo (1921-23), dies at 80
1955 King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo
1954 Hans Lodeizen, [Johan Frederik], poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26
1951 Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet, dies in captivity at 62
1948 Columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo
1946 Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo), dies at 66
1946 Stuart Pankin, born in Philadelphia, comedian, Striptease, Congo, Earl-Dinosaurs
1942 Michael Crichton, Chicago, novelist, Andromeda Strain, Congo, Looker
1931 Trans African Railway in use (Benguela, Angola-Jadotville, Congo)
1925 Patrice E. Lumumba, born in Zaire, revolutionary/1st premier of Congo
1925 E Thieffry departs with Handley Page for the Belgian Congo
1919 Moise Tshombe, President of Katanga, then premier of the Congo, Zaire
1915 Albert J-BJ Thijs, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65
1911 France and Germany signs treaty about Morocco and Congo
1910 Henri A Cornelis, gov-general Belgian Congo/Rwanda-Urundi
1909 Ernest F Cambier, Bel colonial pioneer (1st Congo railway), dies at 65
1908 King Leopold II sells Congo to Belgium
1908 Belgium annexes Congo Free State
1908 Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo
1908 US and Great-Britain demand end of abuses in Congo
1906 US president Roosevelt attacks abuses in the Congo
1906 NY American reports Belgian King Leopold II bribed U.S. Senate commission on the Congo
1906 Belgian King Leopold II calls Congo his private possession
1905 Pietro/Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, 1st French Congo Governor (1890-98), die
1905 Pierre de Braza, founder (French Congo), dies
1903 Roger Casement completes report about abuses in Belgian Congo
1903 King Leopold II deny Belgian cruelty in Congo
1903 British government protests against abuser in Belgian Congo
1900 Marc Allegret, French director, Voyage ouch Congo
1898 Gerard Walschap, Flemish writer/journalist, Mary, Revolt in Congo
1893 Congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs
1892 ? de Bruyne, Belgian sergeant in Congo, murdered
1892 Joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered
1892 Battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed
1890 Capt Guillaume of Kerckhoven marches into Boma Congo
1890 King Leopold II gives Congo to Belgium
1889 Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet
1888 James Jameson, British nature investigator (Congo), dies
1888 Old Kavallison, Congo: Stanley meet Emin Pasha
1887 Stanley's expedition reaches plateau at Lake Albert Congo
1887 Stanley's expedition reaches Yambuya waterfalls Congo
1885 Congo Free State forms by King Leopold II of Belgium
1885 Congress of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to England
1884 Netherlands recognizes king Leopold II's Congo Free State
1884 Austria-Hungary admits King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1884 Italy recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1884 Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1884 German government recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1884 U.S. recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1884 U.S. Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo
1884 British and Portuguese treaty signed in Congo by Leopold II
1882 Henry Morton Stanley returns to Brussels from the Congo
1881 Henry M. Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch
1881 Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch
1880 Henry Stanley and Pierre de Brazza quarrel about possession of Congo
1880 Pierre de Brazza signs treaty with King Makoko of Congo
1880 Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary, Congo
1879 Henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo
1877 Henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo
1877 Frank Pocock, British explorer, drowned in the Congo
1875 Maurice Lippens, Belgian earl/minister/governor of Congo
1858 Frederick Lugard, British captain/baron, Congo
1849 Albert J-BJ Th˜s, Belgian colonial pioneer, Congo
1844 Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer, 1st railway Congo.
1651 Flemish missionary Joris van Geel departs to Congo
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